Alex Perry, who lives in Wooburn Green, instructed the Free Press in June that indicators put up by the Wooburn and Bourne End Parish Council urging folks to maintain their dogs on leads round a household of swans within the Warren Nature Reserve had been “ripped down” and thrown into the close by bushes.
She stated she was involved for the protection of the swans, who had made the River Wye their home years earlier than however had stayed away till this spring after a canine bit the mom swan on the neck and punctured the lung of a cygnet.
An “aggressive” canine assault additionally put a swan critically in danger earlier this 12 months, prompting Alex and her fellow residents to step up their efforts to guard not solely the swans however “all of the wildlife that calls the park their home”.
In an update posted to the Wooburn Green and Bourne End Open Discussion Group final week, Alex shared an update on the protection of the swans and cygnets within the nature reserve, praising native canine homeowners for abiding by the brand new signage put in place by the council and native charity Swan Lifeline.
She wrote: “The swan household are actually very comfy on the Daltons Path stretch of the river – an enormous thanks to everybody who has revered the indicators, it has made a outstanding distinction.”
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Molly, a consultant for Swan Lifeline, stated she had additionally observed an enchancment within the respectfulness of canine walkers within the space, including that she believed it was due partially to the charity taking a softer strategy within the messaging of its signage.
“There has been a distinction as a result of often, the indicators go up after which get ripped down however that hasn’t been occurring over the previous few months.
“Some of the council’s older indicators took an strategy of claiming, ‘Please preserve your dogs on a lead’, which can have angered folks whose dogs weren’t posing a risk to the swans.
“It’s additionally price saying that dogs do not need to be on leads in that space.
“The indicators which can be up now have messaging that is extra alongside the traces of, ‘Please watch out across the swans’ and are actually simply asking folks to be respectful of the wildlife.”
Mark Ellis, Deputy Clerk on the Parish Council added that he believed the preliminary resistance to the indicators, which had been put up following the canine assault in early June, had merely been “a case of individuals not liking change”.
